First NameList of Gold 100 Honorees/Show Executives

First Name

Last Name

Title

Company

Donna

Bellantone

Director

Hanley Wood

Ty

Bobit

President & CEO

Bobit Business Media

Marian

Bossard

VP, Meetings & Events

Toy Industry Association, Inc.

Howard

Britt

President/CEO

Premiere Show Group

Tony

Calanca

Executive VP

Advanstar Communications Inc.

Tom

Cindric

Director

HanleyWood - World of Concrete

Liz

Crawford

Show Director

Advanstar Inc./Licensing Intl. Expo

Dan

Darby

Director of Marketing

Surf Expo / dmg world media

Andrew

Darmohraj

Senior Vice President

American Pet Products Assn

Chris

DeMoulin

President

MAGIC

Darrell

Denny

President

Darrell Denny & Associates

Kam

Diba

Creative Director

NBC Universal

Dan

Donati

Group Sales Director

Questex

Michael

Doolittle

Director of Sales

InfoComm International

Douglas

Ducate

President & CEO

Center for Exhibition Industry Research

Peter

Eelman

VP, Exhibitions & Communications

Assn. for Manufacturing Technology

Sharon

Enright

VP/Trade Show Division

Business Journals Inc.

Bill

Glasgow

President

William T. Glasgow, Inc.

Robert

Harar

Chairman and CEO

National Trade Productions, Inc.

Kimberly

Hardcastle

Vice President

Marketing Design Group

Kenji

Haroutunian

Show Director

Outdoor Retailer/Nielsen Business Media

Mary Pat

Heftman

Executive VP of Convention

National Restaurant Association

Rafael

Hernandez G.

Director/CEO

NuestroMundo Global Media

Dan

Hobgood

Sr. Director of Marketing

Specialty Equipment Market Association

Lori

Jenks

VP of Operations

Nielsen Business Media

Kevin

Johnstone

Director of Trade Shows

NAMM - International Music Products Assn.

Britton

Jones

President & CEO

Business Journals Inc

Tim

Lesmeister

VP of Marketing

WD-40

Jeff

Little

Former President

GLM, a dmg world media business

David

Loechner

Senior Vice President

Nielsen Business Media

Dennis

MacDonald

Senior Vice President

Reed Exhibitions

Karen

Malone

VP

HIMSS

Ken

McAvoy

Senior Vice President

Reed Exhibitions

Christopher

McCabe

VP/Gen. Mgr., Merchandise Group

Nielsen Business Media

Rick

McConnell

President

Hanley Wood

Charles

McCurdy

CEO

Canon Communications

Timothy

McGuinness

Vice President

International Council of Shopping Centers

Philip

McKay

Vice President

World Market Center

Michelle

Monteferrante

Vice President Operations

World Market Center

Cherif

Moujabber

President

Creative Expos & Conferences

Andrea

Nielson

Operations Manager

Nielsen Business Media

Colette

O'Donnell

Group Controller

Advanstar, Inc.

Denise

Paccione

President

Marketing Design Group

Margaret

Pederson

Chair

International Association of Exhibitions & Events

Danny

Phillips

Executive VP

Advanstar Inc.

Robert

Priest-Heck

President & CEO

WCP Exposition Services

Elli

Riley

Senior Meetings Manager

HIMSS

Cindy

Sample

Director of Operations

Nielsen Business Media

Elizabeth

Schur

Vice President

All Baby & Child, Inc.

Larry

Schur

President

All Baby & Child, Inc.

Gary

Shapiro

President & CEO

Consumer Electronics Association

Tom

Shimala

Director: Technical Exhibits

Radiological Society of North America

Steve

Sind

President & CEO

Global Event Strategies

Dennis

Slater

President

Association of Equipment Manufacturers

Alan

Steel

President & CEO

GLM, a dmg world media business

Kelly

VanDermark

Director, Meetings & Expositions

Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association

Gary

Vigil

Trade Shows Director

SEMA

Nancy

Walsh

Executive VP

Reed Exhibitions

Douglas K.

Woods

President

Association for Manufacturing Technology

Paul

Woodward

Managing Director (2010)

UFI

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold 100 Awards & Summit Sponsor Attendees

 

Stephen Anderson, Senior VP, Business Development

Freeman

 

Bill Anderson, President & CEO

Rosemont Convention & Tourism Bureau

 

Larry Arnaudet, Executive Director

Exhibition Services & Contractors Assn.

 

Tom Berberet, National Account Executive

PRG

 

Aaron Bludworth, COO

George Fern Company

 

Wayne Crawford, VP, Sales

a2z, Inc.

 

Jeff Ducate, Executive Vice President

CMAC

 

Al Dyess, Vice President

PRG

 

Craig Erlanger, Sales Executive

Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority

 

Marty Glynn, President & CEO

Metropolitan Exposition Services, Inc.

 

Melody Guyton, Director

Production Transport, Inc.

 

Josh Haynie, National Sales Manager

Freeman

 

Cindy Hearn, CMP, Sales & Marketing Specialist

PRG

 

John Jastrem, President & CEO

GES Exposition Services

 

Keith Levey, Director of Sales

New Orleans Morial Convention Center

 

Chris Meyer, VP, Sales

Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority

 

Gary Musich, VP, Convention Development

Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority

 

Yulita Osuba, Division Mgr., Sales, Marketing & Event Mgmt.

Orange County Convention Center

 

Victoria Papageorge, President

Victoria's Event Productions

 

Marco Parrotto, National Sales Executive

Hargrove, Inc.

 

John Patronski, Executive Vice President

GES Exposition Services

 

Sallee Pavlovich, Director of Corporate Meeting Sales

New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau

 

Piero Piccardi, Board Member

World Trade Centers Assn.

 

Michael Reynolds, Sr. Director, National Sales

Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority

 

Arnie Roberts, President & CEO

SMART-reg International, Inc.

 

Tim Roby, President & CEO

Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau

 

James Rooney, Executive Director

Massachusetts Convention Center Authority

 

Tammi Runzler, VP of Convention Sales & Services

Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau

 

Jacqueline Russo, Vice President

Kuehne + Nagel, Inc.

 

Mark Salesses, CEM, National Sales Executive

Hargrove, Inc.

 

David Sargent, Senior Vice President

Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau

 

Ellen Schwartz, Sr. Director of Sales

SMG

 

Christopher Stephens, President & CEO

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center

 

Steve Walker, Director of Sales

Sands Expo & Convention Center

 

Mark Zimmerman, General Manager

Georgia World Congress Center